Kitchen Corner

June 2, 2009

Braided Hotdog Bun

These are the real soft buns which the recipe from "孟老师的100道面包". I guess it would be the mashed potato make it so soft. But, I've probloem in shaping the dough nicely. The dough was a bit wet whereas I need to slightly oiled my hand to handle the dough. I think I'll shape it in a simple way next time rather than braiding the dough.
Anyway, the soft buns are really good to eat with some cheddar cheese topping and dried parsley for garnishment. I think this potato dough would be good for making others savory buns too!

Recipe (makes 5 buns):

(A)

110g bread flour

40g plain flour

15g caster sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

70g cold water

2g yeast (1/2 teaspoon)

30g mashed potato
1 egg yolk

(B)

15g butter

(C)

5 pieces hotdog

some shredded cheddar

some dried pasley

Mix ingredients (A) at low speed using a dough hook mixer follow by the mashed potato. Turn to medium speed continue kneading until it become a smooth dough. Add in the (B) unsalted butter and knead with low speed until the butter combine with the dough. Turn to medium speed continue the kneading process until it become a smooth and elastic dough. (the dough will slightly wet, I oiled my hand then...) place the dough into a lightly grease bowl and cover with cling wrap to proof for 80 minutes.

Divide the dough into 5 portions and round them into small balls. Let them rest for 10 minutes.

Wrap the hotdog into each doughs and proof for 25 minutes.

Egg wash the dough and sprinkle some shredder cheddar cheese and dried parsley. Bake at 190'c for 18 minutes until golden brown. Enjoy!

Hi Grace,After drooping so many times over your breads, I finally got a chance to taste them on Sunday. I brought home two of them, and took no chance at having them eaten up by my children. I just had to take one of them! Hahaha...Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Hi SSB,Thanks! But I'm not qualify to sell the bread yet. That's all very homemade :P

Hi Juliana,I think these buns are fantastic too because it's really soft. I'll try to make it again within this week. You can use the bread machine to knead the dough, then proof for 80 minutes before shape them. If you find it too sticky or wet to handle, oiled your hand then touch the dough. Hope you enjoy the recipe. Cheers!

i tried this recipe and the buns came out very soft, but the taste of yeast was very strong, perhaps because of the 2 tspns of yeast? which means essentially there was 2/5 teaspoons of yeast in each bun which is quite a lot. i was just wondering if your buns taste very yeasty too.thanks for the advice!

hi, your bread sure look yummy! i love making bread too. today tried to shape my bread by braiding. it looks ok before 2nd proving. but after proving, some parts at the top sort of 'burst'. can you advise pls.

Hi yin,Sorry, I missed understanding your message. Anyway, please try to seal it tightly or if you can't make braided buns then wrap the hotdog into the dough. I did it before too, it had the same texture.